Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 10 - March 5, 2020
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This Issue
Calendar of Events.............3
Certified & Licensed
Professionals.......................7
Classifieds............................2
Entertainment......................2
Hawthorne............................3
Lawndale..............................4
Inglewood.............................5
Legals............................. 4,6,7
Neighborhood Therapist.....5
Pets........................................8
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Hawthore City Council Honors
Donzaleigh Abernathy
A proclamation was presented to Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy for her “The Lessons from Selma” presentation as part of Black History Month during the
council meeting on February 25th. Photo City of Hawthorne.
Create & Express Yourself with
Crystals, Jewelry, Arts and Gifts
By Chase Maser
Photos by Ariel Romeo Davis
Every year in February, Tucson, AZ is home
to the world-famous Gem Show.
Vendors from all over the globe haul their
rocks, beads, gemstones, and crystals to the
desert and set up shop under huge white tents
for visitors to peruse. Among tumbled stones
and trinkets, on any given day, you can find
amethyst crystals the size of a king’s throne. If
you’re looking for something smaller, you can
easily find tiny opal rings or selenite crystals
as thin as straws. Believe it or not, you can
even find elephant tusks that sell for $95,000
USD a pair.
It’s a true hodgepodge of products, and
among the vast assortment, Carrie Brooks, the
owner of Create & Express at 405 Main. St., is
always there picking out treasures for her shop.
Like clockwork, Brooks has been going
to several gem shows a year to handpick
new, captivating stones to pique customers’
interests and bring beauty or healing
vibes into their lives. Originally starting her
business 16 years ago with a meditation studio
called True Insight, Brooks outgrew her first
location on Eucalyptus Dr. and moved onto
Main St. in 2018. Now, Brooks maintains two
locations to house her crystal shop (at the 405
address) and her meditation studio a few doors
down at 431 1/2 Main St. With both locations,
she offers customers a unique approach to
experience enlightenment and peace.
At True Insight, Brooks serves as the Creative
Director and offers students a chance to
explore who they really are.
“True Insight is here to assist each individual
to know and learn more about themselves,” says
Brooks. “True Insight is about empowering
each individual in their innate ability to open
up and begin to discover and explore their own
nature—their original essence.”
Essentially, Brooks shares that each person
has their own set of instructions and information
inside of them that’s available for them
to explore and understand. The only trouble
is, so many people lose sight of their own
intuition, which eventually leads to feeling
lost or out of place. To remedy the disconnect,
See Create & Express, page 5